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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1178
perl security update
12 December 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: perl
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-5526 CVE-2012-5195
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2587
Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) Debian security advisories.
This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running perl check for an updated version of the software for their
operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2586-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
December 11, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : perl
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2012-5195 CVE-2012-5526
Debian Bug : 689314 693420 695223
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the implementation of the Perl
programming language:
CVE-2012-5195
The "x" operator could cause the Perl interpreter to crash
if very long strings were created.
CVE-2012-5526
The CGI module does not properly escape LF characters
in the Set-Cookie and P3P headers.
In addition, this update adds a warning to the Storable documentation
that this package is not suitable for deserializing untrusted data.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.10.1-17squeeze4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.14.2-16.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2587-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
December 11, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libcgi-pm-perl
Vulnerability : HTTP header injection
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2012-5526
Debian Bug : 693421
It was discovered that the CGI module for Perl does not filter LF
characters in the Set-Cookie and P3P headers, potentially allowing
attackers to inject HTTP headers.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.49-1squeeze2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.61-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libcgi-pm-perl packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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